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Thanksgiving Weekend

Dec 1

Posted by Daddy Dan in Daily Life, Disneyland, Recent Posts | 7 Comments

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend…

Thursday we spent the day at my parents’ house with my parents, grandma, and my brother and his family.  We played a lot of Wii.  We had fun making characters for the games.  We made everyone in the family, plus some additional characters.  I made a spot-on Michael Jackson.  Once you create characters you can use them in the game.  My grandma thought it was hilarious to see herself racing cars and playing tennis.

Friday my wife and I took the Babito to Disneyland for a bit.  We went on It’s a Small World, and luckily the theme song was only a small part of the ride because they have it decorated for Christmas and play Christmas songs through most of the ride.  It hasn’t stopped Babito from constantly singing the Small World song, although it’s cute when he sings it.  I wanted to take him on The Matterhorn but the line was huge.  He kept asking me to take him on “The Mountain” but we never got on it.  The line was shorter at night, but I thought it might be too scary for him in the dark so we decided to wait.  I don’t want him to be afraid of it.  We also saw the Disneyland Christmas Parade, which Babito loved.

Saturday my wife’s family came to our house for a late Thanksgiving.  We once again played a lot of Wii, which was fun.  The Wii is a great family/party activity as it gets everyone involved.

Sunday we started decorating the house for Christmas.  My wife has accumulated a TON of Christmas decorations.  There are many storage boxes stacked up in our living room right now, but she’s made a good start.  I put up the lights on the house.  We went old-school this year with the big C-9 multi-colored bulbs like these:

We had these kind of lights on our house growing up, so they bring back some great memories.  I plan on adding more to the bushes and trees during the week.

We also brought out our singing Santa Claus. 

He’s 5-feet tall and sings Christmas songs while he dances back and forth.  He also comes with a microphone so you can make him talk.  At first, Babito was scared of him, but he warmed up to him by the end of the night.  He used the microphone to make Santa Claus sing, you guessed it, It’s A Small World, over and over again.  :-)

And how was your Thanksgiving weekend???

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Odds and Ends: Guns N’ Roses, Wii Fit, and Christmas Lights

Nov 25

Posted by Daddy Dan in Christmas, Daily Life, Music, Recent Posts, Wii | 5 Comments

  • I downloaded the new Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy, this morning and listened to it on my drive to work.  I rarely like new albums on my first listen-through, but the album is surprisingly good.  It passed my skip-over test.  I didn’t skip over any of the songs.  It’s typical rocking Guns N’ Roses.  I look forward to the next album in 2022.
  • I’ve been working out with the Wii Fit for the past few days and it’s lots of fun.  It’s well worth the $90 we paid for it.  I plan on writing a more comprehensive review after I’ve used it for a few weeks, but I thought I’d share my initial impressions here.
    • I like the fact that it has a wide variety of exercises and fun activities.  You can do various yoga, aerobic, strenth training, and balance exercises.
    • There’s a strength exercise called “The Plank” where you put your forearms on the balance board, stretch your legs back, and hold yourself up for 30 seconds (which is the beginner’s time).  That exercise is HARD!
    • The balance activities are fun.  As you continue to use the Wii Fit it unlocks more fun games and exercises, so there’s always something new to do.  My favorite balance activities so far:  Hula Hoop, Slalom Skiing, and Tightrope Walking.
    • I’m also surprisingly enjoying the Yoga exercises, which look extremely easy to do.  Trust me, they’re not.  I’m feeling the burn in my legs today.
    • I don’t like the fact that the balance board thinks it’s funny.  During my initial weigh-in it told me I was overweight, and now when I step on the balance board to do activities it sometimes says “Oooofff”.  Rude!
  • I can’t wait to decorate our house with Christmas lights and decorations.  This will be the first Christmas that The Babito truly understands that Christmas is a special holiday.  Some of our neighbors have already put up their lights and he’s amazed by them.  I told him we were going to put lights on our house this weekend and he’s excited about it.  Now I just have to resist the urge to go all Clark Griswold on our house.  We’re going old-school with the lights this year, with the big-bulbed multi-color lights.  I bought eight packs.

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Wii Like to Play With Our Wii

Nov 19

Posted by Daddy Dan in Daily Life, Recent Posts, Wii | 9 Comments

We got a Wii over the weekend.  I’ve thought about picking one up for a while, but I’d never seen them in stock.  A few weeks ago, my wife told me that she wanted a Wii Fit for Christmas, unaware that you need a Wii to use a Wii Fit.  We found a Wii at Best Buy and bought it and yesterday I found a Wii Fit at Wal Mart so I bought that too.  I got the last one in stock!

We hooked it up the other night and played Wii Sports, which comes with the Wii.  It’s a lot of fun.  Wii Sports has tennis, bowling, golf, baseball, and boxing.  I tried bowling first and bowled a 110 game.  It actually feels like you’re really bowling.  My wife bowled a 205 game her first try!  I told her it was definitely beginner’s luck!  =)

We haven’t tried the Wii Fit yet.  (No, I’m not making her wait until Christmas to open it up, plus I want to try the snowboarding game on the Wii Fit!)  The Wii Fit has over 40 different activities, including strength training, aerobics, yoga, and fun sports games like skiing and snowboarding.  It also keeps track of your weight and BMI (body mass index) and tracks your progress.  I can’t wait to start using it and I’ll write a full review once we’ve had some experience with it.

Do you have a Wii?  Tell me what you like about it and also let me know what games you like the best, as right now we only have the game that came with it.

Do you want to win a Wii and Wii Fit for FREE?  My good friend Katie at La Petite Chic is giving one away to one lucky reader.  All you need to do is leave a comment on THIS POST to be entered to win!  Good luck!

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